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Hokkaidō

古平

ふるびら Furubira

Batchelor interprets the name as a landform description.

Ainu spellings: Huru-pira

Analyses

Huru-pira

proposed

The hill cliff

Proponent: John Batchelor

The entry consists of the form and this brief gloss.

Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 40, s.v. Furubira
Analysis details
Confidence: low

No cliff is identified and no account of the naming is supplied.

Attestations

  • Furubira dictionary 1905 An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, 2nd edition
    “The hill cliff.”

    The entry gives Batchelor’s analytical spelling and interpretation.

    Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 40, s.v. Furubira

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